{"id":4146,"date":"2021-02-16T09:42:53","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T14:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2021\/?p=4146"},"modified":"2021-02-16T10:15:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T15:15:26","slug":"class-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-376\/s2021\/4146\/class-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Class 5: Circuit Playground"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tue. Feb 16, 2021, 10:30AM to 12:20PM (Zoom<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today’s class is primarily devoted to hands-on learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warm-up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  1. Brief check-in. <\/li>
  2. Any questions?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Administrative<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    1. Did everyone successfully pick up a course kit (2 bags) from the campus store?<\/li>
    2. Did everyone successfully pick up a Bluefruit microcontroller from Hunt A9?<\/li>
    3. Did anyone install the mu Python editor software<\/a>?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Assignment 4 Review<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Let’s take about twenty minutes to discuss your results from Assignment 4<\/a>. Each group can briefly tell us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1. What was your general scenario and approach?<\/li>
      2. What was the hardest rule to interpret in actual performance?<\/li>
      3. What was the most surprising feedback from the audience?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Circuit Playground Bluefruit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

        The communication with our kinetic creations will be mediated using a wearable microcontroller to measure sensors, operate actuators, and communicate with a laptop using either wired USB or wireless Bluetooth. Today’s objective is to help you get started with the tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        We will generally be following the hardware notes from the course technical guide: Adafruit Circuit Playground Bluefruit<\/a>. But we’ll go step by step at a novice level so no one gets left behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Downloads<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

        We have cached copies of the installer files we will be using in a Google Drive folder KF-S21-CPB-Downloads<\/a>. Please take a moment to copy those to your computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        If you have not already installed the mu Python editor<\/a>, please also download that now and run the installer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Live Demo<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

        We first want to give you a quick preview of the end goal for the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        1. touch-sensitive light demo<\/li>
        2. mu editor<\/li>
        3. editing\/running code<\/li>
        4. interacting directly with the Python system<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          Setting Up Your Hardware<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

          The Circuit Playground Bluefruit will need to have the CircuitPython system installed before we can program it. We will only need to do this once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          1. connecting the board<\/li>
          2. installing the firmware<\/li>
          3. testing using mu ‘Serial’, the read-eval-print loop (REPL) window
            2+2<\/code>
            3**201<\/code>
            import time<\/code>
            time.monotonic()<\/code>
            help('modules')<\/code>
            <\/li>
          4. installing the libraries<\/li>
          5. testing the library
            from adafruit_circuitplayground import cp<\/code>
            cp.red_led = True<\/code>
            cp.play_tone(440, 1.0)<\/code>
            <\/li>
          6. trying out sample code<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

            Next Steps<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

            CircuitPython lets you treat the microcontroller like a tiny data drive. Your code can be edited in-place, and saving will run it. But you’ll need to work out a plan for copying final programs back to your computer for your documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            1. editing code in place<\/li>
            2. saving programs back to your computer<\/li>
            3. exploring the Adafruit tutorials<\/li>
            4. exploring the library documentation<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

              Assignment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
              1. Please install Python 3.8 on your computer with additional packages as per the course Python 3 Installation<\/a> guide.<\/li>
              2. Spend an hour going through the Adafruit tutorial starting with Red LED<\/a>. Please go at your own pace and feel free to skip around. The objective is become more comfortable with the board and basic CircuitPython.<\/li>
              3. Post a very brief progress report (a sentence or two) to indicate what tutorials you tested and any problems that arose.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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